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Thorgal: The Card Game(2025)

★ 7.6 BGG1–4 playersWeight 2.75
Hand ManagementSudden Death EndingTake That

Games like Thorgal: The Card Game

Looking for games like Thorgal: The Card Game? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the ever-present threat of a sudden-death ending and asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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ISO Match
72/100

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★ 7.52–3 players40 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
70/100

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Disney Villainous: Bigger and Badder(2022)

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ISO Match
69/100

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Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes it All(2018)

★ 6.92–6 players45 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Hand ManagementTake ThatVariable Player Powers

Disney Villainous: Sugar and Spite(2024)

★ 7.62 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
69/100

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Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature(2014)

★ 7.32 players30 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

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Smash Up: Marvel(2021)

★ 7.22–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementTake That

Super Boss Monster(2025)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Hand ManagementOpen DraftingTake That

Magic: The Gathering – Jumpstart(2020)

★ 7.72 players20 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

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Mistborn: House War(2017)

★ 6.83–5 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Hand ManagementTake ThatVariable Player Powers

Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North(2019)

★ 7.41–4 players45 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Hand ManagementTake ThatVariable Player Powers

Lightseekers(2017)

★ 7.02–99 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
67/100

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